Archive for April, 2016

One of the 18 illegal immigrants apprehended north-east of Tortola yesterday is being treated at Peebles Hospital, according to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). It did not disclose the person’s medical complaint. The other 17 illegal immigrants are […]

Minister of Natural Resources and Labour Dr Kedrick Pickering has tried to make it clear to critics that he has not been ‘selling out’ the sport fishing industry. He made the declaration in light of claims that he has been […]

While chiding rich members of the community who he said have been getting rich off the backs of the very poor they despise, Minister of Health and Social Development Ronnie Skelton recently used the territory’s parliament to extol what he […]

Junior Minister of Tourism Archibald Christian said he is pleased that a number of beauty salons have been cashing in on the expanded opportunities in the tourism industry, adding that a number of those establishments are also now catering to […]

While noting that it will undertake various clean-up operations in the territory this year, the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) has appealed for fishermen and visitors to desist from throwing garbage and other waste items in the mangrove and other areas […]

Several people this week descended on the streets of St Thomas in the neighbouring US Virgin Islands to participate in the annual rise and shine tramp. BVI News Online’s freelance photographer ANDRE ‘SHADOW’ DAWSON was there. Here are some of […]

After experiencing hours of connection outage in the British Virgin Islands, telecommunications company CCT announced that its services have been restored fully. Marketing and Public Relations Manager at CCT Janet Brin said the outage was as a result of technical […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Financial Services Implementation Unit (FSIU) commends the firm, Mourant Ozannes for its recent announcement of a Legal Scholarship Programme which will benefit BVIslanders. Mourant Ozannes is currently accepting applications for its Legal Scholarship Programme which will […]

Governor John Duncan has confirmed that reports of sexual harassment in the public service have been filed and are being investigated by the Public Service Commission (PSC) and Police Service Commission (PoSC). “The PSC and the PoSC are dealing with […]

Hopes that Colonial Insurance employee Nickera Smith would one day reunite with loved ones were completely shattered today when local police dropped a two-pronged shocker – that the body recently found is indeed Smith’s, and that the matter is being […]

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